Buffalo Bulletin
January 14-18
If you spend your life trying to be good at everything, you will never be great at anything.
-Tom Rath
Reminders & News
- Make sure to read The Exchange for district news and information
- Here is the link for the morning announcements, which begin daily at 8:00 a.m.
- Make sure to nominate kids for the P2P Learner Award (2 per teacher per 9 week period). These nominations are not optional and are expected from every teacher. Please do not wait until the very last minute because then we have 10 to read each day on the announcements.
Personalized Learning Brief PD
Quick-Reference Chart for Personalized vs. Individiualized vs. Differentiated Learning
Blackshear Writes this week
Submit your sample by dropping into THIS FOLDER.
Please make sure to include your name in the title.
Upcoming Events
PLC This week (Week of 1/14 - 1/18)
K-1 - Team topics and planning
2nd - RTI Meetings
3-5 - CCA/LA Analysis
Last 10 minute (minimum) will be reserved for submitting your Blackshear Writes sample.
PLC Next Week (Week of 1/21-1/25)
STAAR and TELPAS Accommodations Training
Last 10 minute (minimum) will be reserved for submitting your Blackshear Writes sample.
This Week's Schedule of Events
Library "B" Week - New library schedule
Monday 1/14 - Teams with perfect attendance last week may wear jeans with any shirt
- 7:50-8:35 - SOS (by invitation)
- 11:00-12:30 - Leadership Team Meeting
- 1:45-3:15 - 2nd grade PLC
Tuesday 1/15 - Team shirts
- 1:45-3:15 - 4th Grade PLC
- 6:30-7:30 - LEP Parent Night
Wednesday 1/16 - College shirts and jeans
- 12:00-1:30 - Kindergarten PLC
- 1:45-3:15 - 3rd Grade PLC
- 2:00-2:30 - Fortitudo House Party (cafeteria)
Thursday 1/17
- Positive Office Game Room - your students' recess time (nominate)
- 1:45-3:15 - 5th Grade PLC
- 4:00 - Sunshine Committee meeting
Friday 1/18 - Spirit shirts and jeans
- 1:45-3:15 - 1st grade PLC
- 2:00 - House Points due on Google Form (Meagan will send link)
- 3:15 - House Dance Party
Looking Ahead
Looking ahead dates are subject to change
- 1/21 - MLK Day holiday
- 1/23 - Chick Fil-A Spirit Night
- 1/24 - Required Family Engagement Training in library (4:00-5:00)
- 1/25 - Class and individual Spring pictures
- 1/31 - Progress report grading period ends
- 2/3 - Progress report grades pulled at 11:59
- 2/4-2/8 - Progress Monitoring
- 2/4 - 100th Day of School
- 2/5 - Required TELPAS training (4-5 p.m.)
- 2/6 - McDonald's Spirit Night (5-8 p.m.)
- 2/7 - CIDC meeting (4-5)